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It's not right vs left Its the extremes vs everyone in the middle


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This really has to be the dumbest recession in American history. All because 1 geriatric man is stubbornly holding onto universally debunked 1800s economic theories.


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Me whenever March Madness starts playing

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Neil deGrass Tyson: "How sad it must be believing that scientists, historians, scholars, economists, journalists would devote their entire lives to deceiving you, but a con man proven in court to be a lying felon is your beacon of truth & honesty"


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Support for unions remains at its highest point in 50 years, according to new Gallup polling.

MorePerfectUS's tweet image. Support for unions remains at its highest point in 50 years, according to new Gallup polling.

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Tariffs will now be applied to all e-commerce packages entering the U.S. as the de minimis tariff rule ends, per WSJ


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Don't nobody be on Twitter more than an employed person on the clock.


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BREAKING: July PCE inflation, the Fed's preferred inflation measure, rises to 2.6%, in-line with expectations of 2.6%. Core PCE inflation rises to 2.9%, in-line with expectations of 2.9%. Core PCE inflation is now at its highest since February 2025. Yet, rate cuts are coming.


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the plan? we put a tax on major construction materials and send a huge chunk of the construction workfroce to offshore concentration camps

maiamindel's tweet image. the plan? we put a tax on major construction materials and send a huge chunk of the construction workfroce to offshore concentration camps

U.S. HOUSING MARKET HITS RECORD UNAFFORDABILITY, WITH HOMEOWNERSHIP COSTS AT HIGHEST LEVEL SINCE 1980s



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Thankfully wages have kept pace

The average home price is now about twice what it was in 2009.



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The most important chart you'll read today: Why is President Trump's attempt to fire Fed Governor Cook so pivotal? Because, it would give Trump-appointed Fed Governors the MAJORITY on the Fed board. 4 of 7 Fed Governors, excluding Fed Chair Powell, would be Trump-appointed.

KobeissiLetter's tweet image. The most important chart you'll read today:

Why is President Trump's attempt to fire Fed Governor Cook so pivotal?

Because, it would give Trump-appointed Fed Governors the MAJORITY on the Fed board.

4 of 7 Fed Governors, excluding Fed Chair Powell, would be Trump-appointed.

The Fed drama worsens: President Trump just signed an Executive Order which "fired" Fed Governor Cook due to a "Criminal Referral." Never in the 111-year history of the Fed has a President fired a Fed Governor. This would COMPLETELY shift the Fed. Here's why: (a thread)

KobeissiLetter's tweet image. The Fed drama worsens:

President Trump just signed an Executive Order which "fired" Fed Governor Cook due to a "Criminal Referral."

Never in the 111-year history of the Fed has a President fired a Fed Governor.

This would COMPLETELY shift the Fed. Here's why:

(a thread)


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I can’t get over this umps nutsack being absolutely terrorized in a little league baseball game. 3 times in 1 game. I mean come the fuck on


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The people who threw rocks at Ruby Bridges for trying to go to school are now upset their grandchildren might learn about them throwing rocks at Ruby Bridges. Some of those people who threw rocks are still alive.


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Working 40 hours a week and not able to live comfortably is class war.


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this is why every worker needs a union

Working 40 hours a week and not able to live comfortably is class war.



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Just to make sure I understand this: Trump is arguing that all the economic data he’s been using for the last six to seven months to say the economy’s strong is suddenly being rigged by a Biden appointee. That’s how fucking stupid he thinks the American people are.


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The US is one of the very few, if not only, nation in the world that makes people fill out their own taxes, and it's entirely because of the tax prep lobby bribing elected officials.

Intuit, owner of TurboTax, is up 35% since Trump took office.

MorePerfectUS's tweet image. Intuit, owner of TurboTax, is up 35% since Trump took office.


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It was the little things he did: no predatory overdraft fees, free tax filings, one click subscription cancellations, one button for live representative. It might not look cool on a t shirt or sound good as a chant but he truly did and tried to do things that help regular people

The Biden-era IRS free filing tool, Direct File, is “gone,” IRS Commissioner Billy Long said. news.bloombergtax.com/daily-tax-repo…



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